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Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
For the record, I am pro sustainable fishing, sustainable foresty, tackling climate change, and eliminating malaria.
I think governments and dedicated organisations are best placed to do this: they can better enforce compliance, and have greater visibility on all of our pressing needs.
Comment · 6 years ago
All entities including businesses commonly make tradeoffs between competing values. I am unaware how Coinbase plan to do this.
Outside the mission, it sounds like Coinbase won't factor these matters beyond the usual legal/reputation, the same as the majority of businesses.
Governments are best placed to guide prosocial behaviour.
Comment · 6 years ago
It sounds like Coinbase doesn't consider climate change to be within their mission.
We need to place a place on carbon, and thus share responsibility, in proportion to use.
Comment · 6 years ago
If a company is breaking the law, some countries offer whistleblower protections.
Comment · 6 years ago
The CEO is saying the company will remain apolitical, outside of its mission.
Comment · 6 years ago
The CEO is declaring the focus political issue is cryptocurrency.
The focus is not whales, forests, ice caps, malaria.
Why is this controversial?
Comment · 6 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich says he left, rather than was fired. It looks like Brendan held popular political views, but not popular in relevant places.
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Comment · 6 years ago
It sucks to feel that way. It might not be as bad as you think it is: I expect those earning more will more eager to note what they are.
Comment · 6 years ago
That's messed up. Sorry you've had to go through that.
Comment · 6 years ago
> No. I don't think I am depressed. I just don't want life.
I'm sorry to hear you're going through this. In case you haven't tried professional support, it might help. In my experience they're pretty good at finding the cause of issues, which is a step towards improving it.
Comment · 6 years ago
By responding solely to a minor part of my comment, and doubling down on your caricatures, I don't think you're willing to actually discuss this.
Comment · 6 years ago
As a remain voter, I'm not best to advocate for the strengths of leave. As I'm sure you're aware, debate between remain and leave is difficult. Characterising sovereignty concerns as "passport colour change" won't start the conversation on the right path, however.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29607906-why-vote-leave was a good book for understanding some benefits of Leave.
Please don't discredit the positions or the book solely from my my hazy memory of the book, but here goes:
* EU is a weakening trade bloc, so we're better off out of the customs union, and making trade deals that work for UK, rather than that work for the EU (example: cheaper tomatoes from Africa, that the EU will not make, since it'll make Spain/Italy worse off)
* UK's voting patterns within EU was anomolous: UK voted against policies far more than other countries anyway.
* UK public seems to have a max acceptable rate of immigration, and we may prefer more selective immigration policies (e.g. target the high skilled workers in India, China, Australia)
Those are meant to pique your interest in the book. I don't think starting a debate on HN will be productive, at least because I barely remember the book.
Comment · 6 years ago
> Polling has repeatedly shown very widespread public confusion over what Brexit will actually do.
I can believe that.
> Even many remain voters don’t realise all the downsides.
I can believe that, but what makes the confusion one-way? i.e. do leave voters realise all the upsides?
Great point. Maybe this is it?
I have been skeptical of work activism, but maybe it makes given the size of the lever (vs alternative activism options).